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Alexey Pertsev during his trial for facilitating money laundering argued that privacy tools should not be equated with money laundering and that open-source developers should not be held liable for their software's use

Tornado Cash is a cryptocurrency mixing protocol that allows users to send tokens privately by pooling and shuffling funds to obscure their origin

Alexey Pertsev, developer of Tornado Cash, was released from pre-trial detention in the Netherlands on February 7, 2025, following his appeal and will remain under electronic monitoring while awaiting his appeal trial

Alexey Pertsev was arrested by Dutch authorities in August 2022 after the U.S. sanctioned Tornado Mixer, charging him with facilitating money laundering and negligence

Tornado Cash supporters argue that creating code should be considered free speech and that the protocol is simply an Ethereum smart contract designed to provide confidentiality

Alexey Pertsev was sentenced by Dutch court to 64 months in prison in May 2024 for his role in Tornado Cash, which was found to have facilitated money laundering

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